Um, yeah, I mean I figure religious people are boring foolish too serious at the best of times, but Google the phrase "BBC Israel soldier twists ankle in gaza" and prepare to be assailed by gormless hypocrisy and manufactured outrage. 'Cause, you know, Arabs done hate Palestinians; they just hate Israelis more.

ill be over here puzzling over israeli facebook friends' reactions to a picture that purports to be of a palestinian literally hanging small children by their clothing on a fence, supposedly as human shields (as if that has ever stopped the idf)

ill be over here puzzling over israeli facebook friends' reactions to a picture that purports to be of a palestinian literally hanging small children by their clothing on a fence, supposedly as human shields (as if that has ever stopped the idf)

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Speaking for myself, my Jewish friends are absolutely in an alternate world right now, where Israel is under assault by the very anus of evil itself.

yeah i think the israeli citizens i know just happen to be right there in netanyahu's base

none of the non-israeli jews i know ever comment on the conflict on facebook, so far as ive noticed. its always the evangelical americans and the israelis that go into full spin-machine mode during these flare-ups. and then there's one girl who doesnt even wait for a major offensive, its just "all palestinians being evil all the time", punctuated by selfies (her iphone has an israeli flag skin, so the mirrored ones at least have a sort of continuity with the nationalist content) and the occassional article about animal cruelty -- her two main political causes appear to be protecting animal rights and exterminating gazans

So, presumably it's true (and proof, as far as things go) that many of the things people have been saying about where the rockets are located have been. But... it's the French. And if there's one thing the French love doing more than being anti-semitic it's being anti-Muslim.

well the problem with that thinking is that, in the long term is that, as much as israel whines about rockets killing, like 1/2 of an israeli citizen per year or w/e, they probably could sustain the occupation indefinitely (and presumably, given netanyahu's public rejection of both a two state solution and citizenship for palestinians, this is the de facto intent). the real suffering is on the palestinian side, and that cannot and should not be sustained forever

the whole "they deserve each other" comment is unwarranted. surely the palestinian people do not "deserve" to be exterminated and/or driven from their homes? to say nothing of the, in my opinion, also unfair implication that the average israeli citizen "deserves" to live in a culture suffused by hate and fear

the whole "they deserve each other" comment is unwarranted. surely the palestinian people do not "deserve" to be exterminated and/or driven from their homes? to say nothing of the, in my opinion, also unfair implication that the average israeli citizen "deserves" to live in a culture suffused by hate and fear

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I didn't mean the average Palestinian or Israeli citizen, as surely the average citizen on both sides is reasonable and just wants to get on with his life and mind his own business more than anything. My comment was directed at what you might call hardliners - those who nurture an atmosphere of fear and hostility. I thought that was implied. Or, rather, I thought that was assumed, I should say. Perhaps it was a needlessly vicious statement.

the whole "they deserve each other" comment is unwarranted. surely the palestinian people do not "deserve" to be exterminated and/or driven from their homes? to say nothing of the, in my opinion, also unfair implication that the average israeli citizen "deserves" to live in a culture suffused by hate and fear

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I have to imagine they were referring to the IDF and Hamas or the Israeli government and Hamas. I'd like to think that when people are mentioning the Israelis and Palestinians, they aren't referring to the general civilian populations who would just as soon see this ended.

well then i think its worth pointing out his rhetorical mistake, because clearly hamas and likud are doing quite well off each new exchange of ordinance. do they "deserve" the increased support they both recieve from their constituents/international cheering sections as a result? surely he didnt mean that either